“The chapters are mainly impressions of many Indian cities, and they are generally correct and just; the writer is faithful as to local colour, and not less trustworthy as to local smells, which are often more insistent, if less insisted on by descriptive writers.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 828. D. 29. 500w. |
“Many of his narratives of famous persons and events ... are of thrilling interest.” H. E. Coblentz.
| + | Dial. 42: 372. Je. 16, ’07. 250w. |
“Has most of the attractive literary features of the author’s recent volume on Tibet. The illustrations, an important feature of the book, include many unusual aspects of India.”
| + + | Lit. D. 35: 207. Ag. 10, ’07. 560w. |
“Even the reader who has never seen India may enjoy these impressions; but it is the visitor reading on the spot, or, still more, the old resident refreshing his memory with them for whom they will have the greatest charm. As far as it is possible to do so in words, they certainly convey the impression of the colouring and the atmosphere of the scenes which they describe.”
| + | Lond. Times. 5: 391. N. 23, ’06. 780w. |
“He certainly has produced a readable book, though many of his sketches convey less clear-cut impressions of the places than those of some other writers who have gone over the ground before, Steevens, for instance; and they lack proportion. Some point is seized on and overstrained with a discursiveness that causes the reader at times to lose the thread of the narrative, whilst other more characteristic features of the picture are omitted.”
| − + | Nature. 75: 268. F. 17, ’07. 880w. |